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Jobs for the Girls (and the boys) - The Marvellous WFGA

Way back in 2001 I applied to the Women’s Farm and Garden Association to train via their scheme, which places women (and now men) into gardens to learn about horticulture and I have not looked...

Oct 8, 2012 Like

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A long hard slog

I reckon that over 70 hours have been spent strimming, weeding, planting, digging, slug murdering, more weeding and sowing so far. We still have not eaten a single thing from the plot but here's...

Jun 10, 2012 Like

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Chelsea 2012 - Gardens, celebs and bacon rolls

So that will be the back of Ringo's head and Ryan (@ryansgarden) pretending to pose The first time I ever went to Chelsea Flower Show was in 1985 when I was on some YTS scheme (don't ask) and got a...

May 22, 2012 Like

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Gardeners beware

So it's been a while yet again. I've been prompted to post on here as I'm writing about blogs for Thinkingardens,and I've felt bad about the amount of neglect my blog receives. News just in this...

May 8, 2012 Like

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A Confession

I thought I would use this blogpost to confess to the world my chronic phone addiction and how this has recently lead me to some very dark places. Once upon a time, not that long ago, I managed to...

Feb 2, 2012 Like

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Allotment Alert

By some sheer fluke, I appear to be the proud owner of an allotment, which is but 20 yards from my house. This all came about last week and I am extremely excited about getting stuck in. I had been...

Jan 24, 2012 Like

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Welcome to 2012!

I'm going to spare everyone the usual 'gosh I havent blogged for months' as I actually have not bothered to blog for months and months, but I realised the other day that I was missing it and also...

Jan 11, 2012 Like

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Spring has sprung

I can't believe I have not blogged since January but I have been busier than ever with my design business as well as getting Gardening School started. We are nearly there at last and I can't wait...

Apr 1, 2011 Like

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The Bath Gardening School Goes Live!

High excitement at the Orchard Studio with the announcement of our new gardening school website going live. After months of hard work and a lot of emailing and changing things and testing the site...

Jan 24, 2011 Like

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Twitter - Whats it all about?

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of...

Dec 20, 2010 Like

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Gnoming

I miss my blog, I miss the connection with other bloggers, and I miss thinking about what I'm going to write next. This last year has taken me by surprise, my life has become busier than ever, not...

Nov 26, 2010 Like

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Teenage Tantrums and Corsham Court Gardens

Yesterday, after several hours moaning loudly about the state of our garden and how much I hate living in our house, my teenage daughter Grace sighed deeply and with a wisdom beyond her years, said...

Oct 18, 2010 Like

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Autumn Pinks

As my deadline for Bath Life was last Friday and I had not managed to get my copy in on time I had to rush off to the Botanical Gardens today to get some images to go with my article. This fuchsia...

Oct 11, 2010 Like

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Rare Autumnal Domesticity

Having returned from our long holiday in Wales it felt like some nesting at home was needed. So I decided to make these lavender biscuits with some flowers which had come on later than the rest....

Sep 7, 2010 Like

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Virginia Woolf and Monks House

Last weekend I went to Virginia and Leonard Woolf's home, Monk's House, near Lewes in Sussex with my mother and daughter. I have been here before years ago on a trip with the Women's Farm and...

Aug 5, 2010 Like

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July Polaroids

I am steadily getting through my last supply of 600 film which expired in August 2009. These images were taken in Laugharne at Ginst Point, which is a vast deserted beach. Our house is on the hill...

Jul 23, 2010 Like

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How time flies

Lately it feels as if I've hardly had a chance to pick up my camera. Life has been a whirlwind of activity combining a very busy work life with rushing to our retreat in Wales at every chance....

Jul 3, 2010 Like

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Vintage Fairy Tales

For those of you who have not come across this blog by Rebecka Ryberg Skott, or Becky as I know her, do yourselves a favour and have a look.Incidentally I seem to have just won a caption...

Jun 7, 2010 Like

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A day out with my Polaroid camera

I have hardly had time this year to take any Polaroids and so we ventured out to the beautiful Hanham Court yesterday and took a lot of photos including these. It was a perfect day. One day I will...

May 24, 2010 Like

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Further tales of Laugharne

Apart from the fact that designing, building and planting gardens is completely out of control at this time of year, we have also been making the transition to moving part-time to our place in...

May 9, 2010 Like

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Sunny days ahead!

Hanging around again at the Botanical gardens in Bath, this time we were taking some photos for a friends new album cover and had her standing in various trees and posing amongst the Magnolias. I...

Apr 12, 2010 Like

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Run out of Polaroid film?

Waiting on the weather to clear and for emails at the studio and decided to have a play around with a new app on my Iphone camera, called Lo-Mob, it produces various types of fake polaroid,...

Mar 31, 2010 Like

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Waiting for spring in Polaroid

This magnolia polaroid was taken on the 14th April last year and I'm already looking forward to photographing them again this year. I noticed over the (very grey) weekend that the buds were really...

Mar 29, 2010 Like

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Laugharne, Tenby and a new puppy

It's all good news at the Orchard Studio this week. A couple of weeks ago we ventured to south west Wales to stay at Laugharne, the home of Dylan Thomas and his family before he died in 1953....

Mar 22, 2010 Like

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Postcarden Garden

Recently spotted online these wonderful postcards which become mini gardens in the form of either allotments, botanical gardens or a city garden. From Postcarden - designed in London and printed in...

Mar 17, 2010 Like

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Inspirational Photographers

I would like to introduce work from some photographer friends of mine on my blog and this week I am starting with Kat Evans, an incredibly sweet and talented self-taught freelance photographer from...

Feb 25, 2010 Like

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Amaryllis

I have been eagerly waiting for this bulb to flower and it certainly has not disappointed so far. I'd love to tell you which variety it is but I just can't remember! The petals have an amazing...

Feb 22, 2010 Like

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Happy Birthday!

The Orchard Studio blog has just turned one this week so I thought I would tell you about a few other blogs which I have enjoyed reading over this past year and which have provided me with ideas...

Feb 16, 2010 Like

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Studio Snapshot

As we are working long hours at the studio at the moment I thought I would post a snapshot of my plan-chest and my desk. We are photographing stock for the shop as well as working on plans for...

Jan 29, 2010 Like

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Jobs for the Girls (and the boys) - The Marvellous WFGA

A long hard slog

Chelsea 2012 - Gardens, celebs and bacon rolls

Gardeners beware

A Confession

Allotment Alert

Welcome to 2012!

Spring has sprung

The Bath Gardening School Goes Live!

Twitter - Whats it all about?

Gnoming

Teenage Tantrums and Corsham Court Gardens

Autumn Pinks

Rare Autumnal Domesticity

Virginia Woolf and Monks House

July Polaroids

How time flies

Vintage Fairy Tales

A day out with my Polaroid camera

Further tales of Laugharne

Sunny days ahead!

Run out of Polaroid film?

Waiting for spring in Polaroid

Laugharne, Tenby and a new puppy

Postcarden Garden

Inspirational Photographers

Amaryllis

Happy Birthday!

Studio Snapshot

Polaroid Highs and Lows

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